Can't autofill songs to Gen 2 shuffle

I'm using a normal pc with win XP now with itune 7.3 installed. Its able to sync my shuffle when dock but always show error message of can't copy songs into shuffle with some numeric code kind of error.
I have tried all ways to re install, re format, power on off but still no luck. my shuffle can't be autofill. pls pls pls help me out here. I just bought the shuffle.

I am having the same problem, with the same gen 2 shuffle.... My son has the video ipod and it is working fine. I just recvd. a replacement today and still not autofilling. My error msg is "unknown error 1418. I do notice that it is not recognizing the shuffle in the device mgr. You see the drive for a few secs. and then gone. I understand windows has some sort of download patch, but I can't seem to find it.

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